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Samos Stamp Sc#n78A?

 
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Posted 06/18/2025   07:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Murasama to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I have obtained this stamp from Samos, Greece, 1912. My question is, since it is imperforate, should I classify it as SC#N78A?

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Posted 06/18/2025   10:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Germania to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
With such large margins I would first assume it was a cutout from stationery.
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Posted 06/20/2025   2:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Partime to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Can we see a view of the back to exclude the possibility of a stationery cutout? It certainly looks like a possibility.
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Posted 06/20/2025   2:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Not a stationary , color is the same as the regular stamp . Color range is large on this stamp . Edges are fine ,stamp is stained .Should be a fine white paper .
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Posted 06/20/2025   3:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
correction the imperf stamps {two yellow stamps } are not on fine white paper but a darker tan color also seems to be thinner paper .
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Edited by floortrader - 06/20/2025 3:25 pm
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Posted 06/20/2025   5:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You can get margins like that, so it seems genuine enough.


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Posted 06/21/2025   04:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks everyone!! Without setting a precedent, I greatly appreciate your knowledge and valuable contributions, Rogdcam. Even when we clash... you're valuable to me and community. I wish you had a better read and understanding of my intentions when I post.
Maybe a stupid question, but the series in the image are CTO, right?
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Edited by Murasama - 06/21/2025 04:18 am
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Posted 06/21/2025   06:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
What family doesn't have quarrels?

CTO for certain.
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Posted 06/21/2025   07:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add LaoPhil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The same postmark, but different date, applied in Vathy on a cover sent registered to the stamp dealer Richard Borek, Braunschweig, Germany.

Arrival postmark applied in Braunschweig, Germany.
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Posted 06/21/2025   10:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
C.T.O. ---Cancel to order can mean a lot of different things . Those above could be canceled at the counter and handed back {like in the Saar } . Can also mean remaining inventory after the post office went to a new issue. Then the most often method ,canceled at the time of printing {like in the Iron curtain and African new issues} So these could be hand backs for a dealer is my guess .
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